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163 Bohemian printers („Architypographus Bohemiae“). The prints coming out of his printing-office, which he inherited from his Father-in-law Jiří Melantrich z Aventinu, belong to the best of that time. Daniel was a „Nikodemite“ of the Unity of the Brethren.

The Unity of the Brethren. Jan Amos Comenius: THE LABYRINTH OF THE WORLD AND THE PARADISE OF THE HEART. Publ. in Amsterodam 1663.

An allegory (written 1623), the Bohemian „Pilgrim’s Progress“. A pilgrim goes forth into the world and finds it a labyrinth of vanity, true peace and repose are found only in a heart anchored in God. It is the most beautiful and most popular book in all the Bohemian litterature.

English translation by Count Lützow (II. ed. in Dent’s Temple Classics.).

The Unity of the Brethren. Jan Amos Comenius: MANUALE or the QUINTESSENCE OF THE WHOLE HOLY BIBLE.

Printed in Amsterodam by Gabriele a Roi 1658.

Václav Slovacius Turnovský: A simple explanation of the BIBLE or a POSTILLA for every day and Sunday of the year.

Publ. in 2 vol. in Prague 1615 (second vol. 1620) Slovacius was a protestant divine and a very productive religious writer. He died 1616.

Žalanský Havel: TWO BOOKS ABOUT THE ACTS OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. Publ. in Prague 1617.

Žalanský (1567—1621) was B. A. and since 1600 a protestant (calvinitic) divine and a very productive religious author (works from him are known).

Jiří Třanovský (Tranoscius). CITHARA SANCTORUM OR THE OLD AND NEW HYMNS. Publ. in Levoč 1684.

The first of this Hymnbook is published with tunes and contains 400 Hymns. The Book grew constantly in bulk and appeared untill the year 1874 in 67 editions, a striking testimony to the songloving Bohemian protestant Church.

Jiří Třanovský (1591—1637), an evangelical divine, lived since 1621 in exile in Hungary, a writer of many Hymns both in Bohemian and in Latin.